Executive Editor, World Screen

November 10, 2016 Top Stories

RTL Group Profit Dips, Revenues Gain

November 10, 2016

LUXEMBOURG: Despite seeing lower profit for the nine months ended September 30, RTL Group posted a revenue increase of 2.1 percent to €4.2 billion ($4.6 billion).

November 10, 2016 Top Stories

U.K. Indie TV Production Sector Brings In Nearly £3 Billion

November 10, 2016

LONDON: The U.K.'s independent television production sector is now worth just short of £3 billion ($3.73 billion) to the U.K. economy, rebounding from the decline the industry saw in 2014.

November 9, 2016 Top Stories

TMG Scores Output Deal with Amazon Prime Video

November 9, 2016

MUNICH: Tele München Group (TMG) and Amazon Prime Video have sealed an output deal, granting exclusive rights to a package of feature films that includes Emerald Green.

November 8, 2016 Top Stories

Spike to Become 24-Hour Channel in the Netherlands

November 8, 2016

AMSTERDAM: Viacom International Media Networks (VIMN) is expanding Spike into a 24-hour channel on Ziggo in the Netherlands, where it has been airing as a five-hour block since November 2015.

November 8, 2016 Analysis, Top Stories

Scripted Series, Films Dominate European On-Demand Services

November 8, 2016

Film and TV fiction offerings make up a dominant 61 percent of all pay on-demand services in Europe, compared with only 14 percent of TV channels, according to new figures from the European Audiovisual Observatory.

November 7, 2016 Top Stories

Viacom’s Channel 5 Delivers Record Profits

November 7, 2016

LONDON: In its latest annual report, the U.K.’s Channel 5 recorded operating profit of £58.4 million ($71.8 million), compared to the £14.9 million ($18.3 million) for the previous financial year.

November 7, 2016 Top Stories

Lionsgate Taps Former ITV Drama Exec for U.K. Post

November 7, 2016

LONDON: Steve November, a 16-year veteran of ITV, has been hired as creative director for U.K. television at Lionsgate.

November 4, 2016 Top Stories

ARTE & RTÉ Pledge €1 Billion for Co-Productions

November 4, 2016

DUBLIN: ARTE and RTÉ are each planning to contribute a minimum of €250,000 per year for an initial two-year term toward the development of co-productions in 2017 and 2018, focusing on the areas of arts, culture, factual, history and natural history.

November 3, 2016 Top Stories

ProSiebenSat.1 Posts Revenue & Earnings Growth in Q3

November 3, 2016

MUNICH: ProSiebenSat.1 Group had a healthy third quarter, with revenues up by 15 percent to 857 million euros ($949 million) and recurring EBITDA increasing 13 percent to 202 million euros ($224 million).

November 3, 2016 Top Stories

Sky 1 to Launch in Germany

November 3, 2016

LONDON: Sky's flagship entertainment channel, Sky 1, is making its debut in Germany and Austria.

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